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Keith Sebastian · 05-07-2005, 03:27 PM

Just adding to an excellent comparison by siriusb here are some very accurate defs courtesy Labor Law Talk's encyclopedia.

A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. Simulation attempts to represent certain features of the behavior of a physical or abstract system by the behavior of another system.

Eg: Flight Simulators

An emulator, in the most general sense, duplicates (provide an emulation of) the functions of one system with a different system, so that the second system appears to behave like the first system.

Eg: I use a GameBoy emulator on my Symbian based smartphone to play Nintendo Gameboy game ROMS.

-keith

05-07-2005, 03:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Keith Sebastian Alpha Geek Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doha, Qatar Posts: 942	Just adding to an excellent comparison by siriusb here are some very accurate defs courtesy Labor Law Talk's encyclopedia. A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. Simulation attempts to represent certain features of the behavior of a physical or abstract system by the behavior of another system. Eg: Flight Simulators An emulator, in the most general sense, duplicates (provide an emulation of) the functions of one system with a different system, so that the second system appears to behave like the first system. Eg: I use a GameBoy emulator on my Symbian based smartphone to play Nintendo Gameboy game ROMS. -keith __________________ [ THIS SPACE HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE IN CASE I WANT TO BOAST ABOUT MY PC'S, HOUSE, CAR, GIRLFRIENDS OR OTHER STUFF THAT I KNOW YOU DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT ]